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the following stories
Thirty
years on from Yorkshire’s worst modern mining disaster the Â鶹Éç
programme Inside Out asks if the tragedy at Lofthouse near Wakefield
could have been avoided.
Every
year around 85,000 people visit the Bronte Parsonage Museum
in Haworth. People enjoy the Bronte novels and want to see the
place where they were all written.
In
a series in which West Yorkshire people look back at the county's
hidden history, we report on research which proves the truth
of the old Yorkshire saying: "Where there's muck, there's brass!"
In
1958 Bradford-born writer and broadcaster J. B. Priestley made
a return journey to his hometown with a Â鶹Éç film crew. Here
are just some of the memorable Bradford images from the programme...
Walton
Hall, near Wakefield, was the home to Charles Waterton, a naturalist
who travelled the world collecting rare species and created
the world's first nature reserve right here in West Yorkshire!
In
a series in which West Yorkshire people look back at the county's
hidden history, we find that Bradford's dead were not always
allowed to live in peace.
In
November 2001 Â鶹Éç Radio Leeds went out-and-about looking at
the state of the textile industry across the Bradford district...
In
the middle of World War One 2000 young men from Bradford left
their trenches in Northern France to advance across no man's
land. It was the first hour of the first day of the Battle of
the Somme.
Â鶹Éç Bradford and West Yorkshire
National Museum of Photography,
Film and Television,
Bradford
BD1 1NQ
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